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Defenition of the word ridicule

    • Defenition of the word ridicule

      • To treat or speak of with contempt.
      • exposing someone to laughter
      • subject to laughter or ridicule: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"
      • the act of deriding or treating with contempt
      • language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
      • subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
      • subject to laughter or ridicule

    Synonyms for the word ridicule

      • blackguard
      • deride
      • derision
      • guy
      • jeer at
      • jest at
      • laugh at
      • laughter
      • make fun
      • make fun of
      • mock
      • mockery
      • poke fun
      • poke fun at
      • rib
      • scoff at
      • scorn
      • tease

    Similar words in the ridicule

      • ridicule
      • ridicule's
      • ridiculed
      • ridicules

    Hyponyms for the word ridicule

      • debunk
      • expose
      • lampoon
      • mock
      • satirise
      • satirize
      • stultify
      • tease

    Hypernyms for the word ridicule

      • bemock
      • discourtesy
      • disrespect
      • mock
      • offence
      • offense
      • offensive activity

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